Our Child Care & Learning Center encourages compassion and love in an environment that enables children to learn and grow at their own pace. We are committed to the happy and healthy development of our future generation and practice the Love and Logic approach in our center. “Love allows children to grow through their mistakes; Logic allows them to live with the consequences of their choices. Love and logic is a way to take control and teach children to be responsible and think for themselves and be prepared for the real world!”

Our mission is to provide opportunities for children to GROW:

SPIRITUALLY

OV Friends believes we are all (both adults & children) spiritual in nature. We believe in nurturing and fostering spiritual awareness and practices including mindfulness, morality, etc.

EMOTIONALY

Encourage, support and help your child grow in positive self-awareness; living confidently in who they are.

SOCIALLY

Provide an environment in which your child understands, values and learns to cooperate with other people.

PHYSICALLY

Plan activities in which children regard their body as a gift and grow in perceptual motor skills and bodily development.

INTELLECTUALLY

Involve your child in appropriate experiences to enhance discovery, communication, conceptualization and creativity.

Our Philosophy? PLAY!

At Olympic View Friends Child Care & Learning Center we believe that children learn best through play. It is only through play, that a child can reach their full potential. Play offers the opportunity for a child to:

• Develop self-confidence

• Experience joy

• Learn to adapt

• Take calculated risks

• Experiment

• Express creativity

• Experience emotional release

• Bond with peers and form friendships

• Develop as a well-rounded individual

Our approach is to let the child be an active participant in the learning process. Our teachers create a learning environment that fosters open-ended experiences, which allow each child’s learning style to be met. The teacher’s role in the classroom is as a facilitator to help expand exploration with materials, meaningful conversation and gentle guidance.

We offer multiple options for parents to pay for their child care.  Use whichever one is most convenient for you.  

*ONLINE

To make an online payment for your child care, you must first speak with our Center Director so online payments can be enabled for your account.  After your account is enabled, you will be able to securely log in with a username and password to pay your tuition.

AT OUR CENTER

OV Friends also accepts cash, checks (made out to OV Friends) or you can pay with credit/debit cards using our self pay Kiosk located by the main office.  

Olympic View Friends cherishes the chance to become your precious child’s very first caregiver outside of the home.   Our Little Lambs Class is designed for infants 4 weeks through 12 months of age.  You’ll have peace of mind knowing that our environment, staff, safety regulations and cleanliness standards meet or exceed all state guidelines.  Our individualized curriculum encourages even the youngest of children to learn about their world through hands-on experiences.

The Little Fishes classroom is set up for active and curious one year olds.  Through a variety of learning centers children are able to learn via self-directed play, small groups, and teacher led activities. There are blocks to experiment with, pretend and dress-up materials, lots of books, and plenty of fine motor-tuning activities to choose from.  Teachers facilitate development through carefully planned daily activities that enhance children’s growth physically, socially, and emotionally.

The Butterflies classroom, like the Little Fishes room,  is set up for active and curious children ages 18 months through 2 ½ years.  Through a variety of learning centers children are able to learn via self-directed play, small groups, and teacher led activities. There are blocks to experiment with, pretend and dress-up materials, lots of books, and plenty of fine motor-tuning activities to choose from.  Teachers facilitate development through carefully planned daily activities that enhance children’s growth physically, socially, and emotionally.

Our Froggies preschool classroom is your child’s first introduction to a bit more structure in their day.  Children ages 2 ½ through 3 focus on the acquisition of numerous new skills.  Language development is blossoming, toilet training is underway, and the ability to function as part of a larger group is becoming easier and easier.  Through carefully designed learning centers, children are exposed to experiences in the areas of math, science, pre-writing, language, literacy and creative art.  Large group teacher led activities are introduced and child directed play is encouraged.

Our second preschool room, the Busy Bees Class, delves even deeper into the area of inquisitive thinking.  Children ages 3-4 years are encouraged to ask why and how in all areas of our carefully designed environment.  Early mathematics, science, language, literacy, phonics, pre-writing, and creative expression are introduced and strengthened within the environment, as well as through teacher-directed experiences and long-term projects.  This classroom utilizes the literacy-based curriculum Starfall Pre-K, which balances exploration and instruction of concepts through an integrated program with favorite children’s stories at the core.

In our Bumble Bee Class, honing pre-kindergarten skills, building friendships through strengthening social skills, and fine-tuning newly emerging skills are the goals.  Learning centers, which support the areas of early mathematics, scientific, thought, handwriting, early reading, and creative expression are available to children daily, as are a variety of small group and large group experiences. We use the Handwriting Without Tears, Get Set for School curriculum, which coincides with many of the local elementary schools’ kindergarten curricula. It is our goal that children enter school prepared socially, emotionally, intellectually, and excited to learn!

Choosing a Child Care facility can be overwhelming.  Our desire is to make it as easy as possible for you.  At the moment, availability is typically 6 to 12 months out. For more information, visit the link below.